[U-Boot] [PATCH] SATA: do not auto-initialize during boot

[Kumar Gala]

On Dec 11, 2008, at 5:18 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Dear Mike Frysinger,
>
> In message <1228991549-11486-1-git-send-email-vapier at gentoo.org> you  
> wrote:
>> Rather than have the board code initialize SATA automatically  
>> during boot,
>> make the user manually run "sata init".  This brings the SATA  
>> subsystem in
>> line with common U-Boot policy.
>
> I agree with Kumare - having to run "sata init" manually is annoying.
> We should auto-run it upon the first "sata" command if it hasn't been
> called before (but still keep the option  to  run  it  manually,  for
> example   to   (re-)   initialize   the  system  after  changing  the
> configuration while the system is running).

But its not just sata commands.  I know I've used a SATA disk w/ext2  
load commands.

- k